Narrow Road's HELEN K WINT, SHAKIL HUSSAIN AND NIKITA JOHAL join the company of FRANKIE GOES TO BOLLYWOOD, as it heads out on a UK Tour is 2024.

Helen K. Wint (Bronco Billy (Charing Cross); Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (Wyndhams); Dirty Dancing (UK Tour); One  Night of Tina (UK Tour); Dancing in the Streets (UK tour); Daddy Cool (Shaftesbury); plays Malika, Malika is a Bollywood starlet who  knows that her reign is limited. She has made it to the top by playing the game and now waits for the right opportunity to make  her next move in this ruthless world of men.

Shakil Hussain (BBC One’s ‘We Hunt Together’ Sky One’s ‘Gang’s of London’, BBC’s ‘Boat Story’, ITV’s ‘Emmerdale’ Amazon Prime’s  ‘Riches’) plays Raju King. Raju is known as the King of Bollywood and has reigned for over 25 years. He has done whatever he  needed to maintain his position at the top and has many dark secrets. Raju loves fame, adoration, and power.

The musical will premiere at Watford Palace Theatre, running from Thu 25 Apr – Sat 11 May 2024 followed by a 10-day run at HOME Manchester Wed 15 May – Sat 25 May 2024, and then a national tour. Frankie never wanted to be a star, all she’s ever really wanted is a close and loving family - but after a chance encounter with an  up-and-coming director, she finds herself transported to Bollywood, cast in a movie and thrust into the limelight. Might the  Bollywood world provide her with the family and community she has always dreamed of? Suddenly Frankie is immersed in the  world of fame and fortune but as she climbs the sparkling staircase of stardom, each step makes her question what she is willing  to do, or be subjected to, for success.  

Drawing inspiration from both traditional Bollywood music and the best of western musical theatre, the music for Frankie Goes To Bollywood is a carefully integrated hybrid - designed to appeal to lovers of the Bollywood genre and also lovers of a good old West End extravaganza.